Tour Féminin de l'Ardeche: Monica Trinca Colonel wins final stage and overall

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Italian triumphs solo on hilly stage with Évita Muzic going second in sprint against Maeva Squiban

PRIVAS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 14: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) Monica Trinca Colonel of Italy and Team Liv AlUla Jayco celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 23rd Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche 2025, Stage 6 a 100km stage from Beauchastel to Privas on September 14, 2025 in Privas, France. (Photo by Florian Frison - Pool/Getty Images)
Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche 2025: Monica Trinca Colonel of Team Liv AlUla Jayco celebrates at finish line as stage 6 winner and wins the overall title (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Monica Trinca Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco) won the final stage of Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche with a solo charge and claimed the overall title of the six-day stage race.

The Italian made up a 30-second deficit in the GC to Femke De Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike) and vaulted past the Dutch rider, who was fourth on the stage, to take a cushion of 35 seconds in the overall. It was her first victory of the season, using familiar ground where she was third in the GC last year.

Évita Muzic (FDJ-SUEZ) took second place on stage 6 ahead of Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) in the two-rider sprint at the line, Squiban securing third overall.

“This week I’ve been feeling better every single day. I knew this stage suited me perfectly, I set my pace right from the start of the climb without looking back. I found Ruby [Roseman-Gannon], who was in the day’s breakaway, and besides giving me a chance to catch my breath, she gave me such a boost of morale. Shortly after, I was alone and did a time trial all the way to the finish," Trinca Colonel said in a team statement.

"This victory means so much. It’s the first one with this team, and it came after a difficult period on the bike. I’ve always dreamed of raising my arms exactly like this."

The second mountain day to conclude the race destroyed the peloton, with riders spread across the final climb, the category 1 Côte du Baron (6km at 8.4%), with 23.5km remaining into Privas on the 100-kilometre contest.

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Jackie Tyson
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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